Heavy Equipment Mechanic 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 600R
- Class code
- 600R
- Salary range
- 63G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Heavy Equipment Mechanic 3 is $88,788 to $102,996 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 600R.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 63G in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 7 steps, and this class starts at step G rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 |
| Monthly | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 |
| Hourly | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.
What the state says the job is
Positions in this level of the series lead lower-level Heavy Equipment Mechanics; OR, is the designated specialist in a geographic region or area performing complex fuel station maintenance and repairs.
Examples of the work
Leads other mechanics in performing duties on heavy vehicles and equipment working in a shop or in the field; guides diagnostics, disassembly, repair or replacement, and reassembly of units; Makes or leads emergency field repairs to a variety of specialized equipment and performs inspections on a variety of heavy vehicles and equipment in the field; Leads the diagnostics, service, and repair of various systems that are found on heavy equipment such as mechanical and computer electronic controls, air brake systems, transmissions, computer controlled automatic and manual transmissions, high voltage generators, propane powered equipment, and pneumatic systems; Fabricates, modifies, and installs ...
Minimum qualifications
Four years of experience repairing and maintaining heavy equipment. Successful completion of relevant vocational technical training in heavy equipment may substitute year for year for experience. Equivalent training and/or education may substitute for experience. Some positions may require a Commercial Driver’s License. Equivalent education/experience.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.